Gustavo Petro, a leftwing former guerrilla, won Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, beating populist businessman Rodolfo Hernández, according to an official fast count of the results.
With 95 per cent of the ballot counted, electoral authorities said Petro had 50.7 per cent to Hernández’s 47.0 per cent. Petro had an unassailable lead of around 800,000 votes.
Neither candidate has commented on the figures, claimed victory or accepted defeat. But assuming the result is confirmed, it would give Colombia the first truly leftist government in its modern history.
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